This post is a mixed bag if ever there was one.
Well, the July festivities are over and life is settling back into the new normal.
With some sunny spells, high temperatures and humidity, plus rainy days
imminent, I think summer is really here. But there's nowhere to go if, like us,
one is trying to do the right thing and stay at home, except for going out
to purchase necessities.
The porch is nice late afternoon. . . . . . . .with a chilled glass in hand and the
portable fan cooling. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . and we now have a resident little green gecko.
The hydrangeas are fading fast, some even crisping up, so I've started
cutting a few, before they turn brown, for drying indoors.
Morning glories are really this bluest blue!
This little sweetie is a baby Mockingbird. I felt terrible when I realized
I was accidentally giving him a shower with the garden hose one morning!
He just stood on the azalea bush under the fig tree totally silent so perhaps
actually enjoyed it - it was a hot day - I heard his parents in the tree
sounding quite annoyed.
He remained there for at least half an hour whilst drying off, never made a
sound or changed his expression!
The new pink mophead hydrangea bought this year is still in its pot.
Blooms are fading to a lovely cream shade even though I've kept it
under the fig tree in shade since the 90F days arrived.
Come fall it will be planted out, most likely in the back garden.
My lacecap hydrangea is blooming and doing really well this year.
It has grown large and is now enjoying not only my garden but my neighbor's
(the other Bob!) side of the split rail fence. Fortunately he doesn't mind one bit!
The acer is huge, far too big and spreading now - I've been cutting it
back because it was covering the hydrangea, it will need a good pruning
at the right time.
All that gardening means a good appetite at the end of the day!
I've been making pesto a couple of times a week so have started new
pots of basil as I'm going to be running out of fresh leaves to pick soon.
A simple but delicious summer meal is angel hair pasta swimming
in fresh pesto, with lightly grilled cherry tomatoes and shrimps.
A grind of black pepper and some fresh basil leaves chopped
and scattered. . . . . . perfect.
Hope your week is going well.
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